History Trivia / TheRescuers

** Also, before it was completely retooled, the movie's antagonist and villain was originally going to be Cruella [=DeVille=]. In fact there is a bit of a DevelopmentGag there - Madame Medusa not only drives ''very'' similar to Cruella, but also her car looks to be inspired by it.

** Penny is voiced by the same girl [[Film/{{Airplane!}} who take it black like her men.]]

** Penny is voiced by the same girl [[Film/Airplane! who take it black like her men.]]

* Penny is voiced by the same girl [[{{Film/Airplane!}} who take it black like her men.]]

* Every home release for ''Rescuers'' from 1999 onward omits the first Buena Vista logo and replaces it for Disney's (by this time outdated) white castle VanityPlate.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Anyone who watched sitcoms in the 60s will instantly recognize Bob Newhart (Bernard) and his stutter as well as Eva Gabor (Bianca, who even mispronounces "rollercoaster" the way [[Series/GreenAcres Lisa Douglas]] might). Jim Jordan, the voice of Orville, is Fibber [=McGee=] from ''Radio/FibberMcGeeAndMolly''. For ''Down Under'', you have George C. Scott as [=McLeach=] and John Candy as Wilbur.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Anyone who watched sitcoms in the 60s will instantly recognize Bob Newhart (Bernard) and his stutter as well as Eva Gabor (Bianca, who even mispronounces "rollercoaster" the way [[GreenAcres Lisa Douglas]] might). Jim Jordan, the voice of Orville, is Fibber [=McGee=] from ''FibberMcGeeAndMolly''. For ''Down Under'', you have George C. Scott as [=McLeach=] and John Candy as Wilbur.

** [[HogansHeroes Hogan's Heroes]] fans will say Wilbur was right to fear the doctor trying to "operate" on him. He (the doctor) was voiced by Colonel Crittendon.

* Some of Madame Medusa's animations served as inspirations for [[TheLittleMermaid Ursula]]'s.

** Also, before it was completely retooled, the movie's antagonist and villain was originally going to be Cruella [=DeVille=].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The first movie was gonna be a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I9yGUHm6cg very different movie]] than what was released. It was gonna be a vehicle for Louis Prima (of ''Disney/TheJungleBook''), playing [[TheDanza Louie the Bear]], and, according to the video in the link, to be about a Bear using a pair of mice to help him escape from the zoo to save his friends in the North Pole. This version was scrapped shortly before [[AuthorExistenceFailure Prima lapsed into a coma]] and it was {{Retool}}ed into the movie we know today.[[hottip:*:Prima never regained consciousness from his coma, and died the year after the finished film was released.]]

* On the 1992 VHS, the "Feature Presentation" screen at the time was a navy blue color instead of light blue. [[AccidentalNightmareFuel This is then followed by the distorted version of the Walt Disney Classics logo]].

** [[HogansHeroes ''Hogan's Heroes'']] fans will say Wilbur was right to fear the doctor trying to "operate" on him. He (the doctor) was voiced by Colonel Crittendon.

** ''Hogan's Heroes'' fans will say Wilbur was right to fear the doctor trying to "operate" on him. He (the doctor) was voiced by Colonel Crittendon.

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: Anyone who watched sitcoms in the 60s will instantly recognize Bob Newhart (Bernard) and his stutter as well as Eva Gabor (Bianca, who even mispronounces "rollercoaster" the way [[GreenAcres Lisa Douglas]] might). Jim Jordan, the voice of Orville, is Fibber [=McGee=] from ''FibberMcGeeAndMolly''. For ''Down Under'', you have George C. Scott as [=McLeach=] and John Candy as Wilbur.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The first movie was gonna be a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I9yGUHm6cg very different movie]] than what was released. It was gonna be a vehicle for Louis Prima (of ''Disney/TheJungleBook''), playing [[TheDanza Louie the Bear]], and, according to the video in the link, to be about a Bear using a pair of mice to help him escape from the zoo to save his friends in the North Pole. This version was scrapped when [[AuthorExistenceFailure Prima died,]] and it was {{Retool}}ed into the movie we know today.

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: Anyone who watched sitcoms in the 60s will instantly recognize Bob Newhart (Bernard) and his stutter as well as Eva Gabor (Bianca, who even mispronounces "rollercoaster" the way [[GreenAcres Lisa Douglas]] might). For ''Down Under'', you have George C. Scott as [=McLeach=] and John Candy as Wilbur.

* In one frame of the movie (theatricaly and on the 1992 VHS), when Bernard and Bianca are riding Orville, going down from the building they were on, one building next to them has an image of a naked woman in one of the windows. Disney found this out when the movie was released again on VHS in 1999, and recalled it. The re-issue (and subsequent releases) zooms in on the image of Bernard and Bianca, so the image wasn't visible. The prank was pulled by DonBluth, and how he did not get fired for this is a miracle.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The first movie was gonna be a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I9yGUHm6cg very different movie]] than what was released. It was gonna be a vehicle for Louis Prima(Of Disney/TheJungleBook), playing [[TheDanza Louie the Bear]], and, according to the video in the link, to be about a Bear using a pair of mice to help him escape from the zoo to save his friends in the North Pole. This version was scrapped when [[AuthorExistenceFailure Prima died,]] and it was {{Retool}}ed into the movie we know today.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The first movie was gonna be a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I9yGUHm6cg very different movie]] than what was released. It was gonna be a vehicle for Louis Prima(Of Disney/TheJungleBook), playing [[TheDanza Louie the Bear]], and, according to the video in the link, to be about a Bear using a pair of mice to help him escape from the zoo to save his friends in the North Pole. This version was scrapped when [[AuthorExistenceFailure Prima died,]] and it was {{Retool}}ed into the movie we know today.

* In one frame of the movie (theatricaly and on the 1992 VHS), when Bernard and Bianca are riding Orville, going down from the building they were on, one building next to them has an image of a naked woman in one of the windows. Disney found this out when the movie was released again on VHS in 1999, and recalled it. The re-issue (and subsequent releases) zooms in on the image of Bernard and Bianca, so the image wasn't visible.

* On the 1992 VHS, the "Feature Presentation" screen at the time was a navy blue color instead of light blue. [[AccidentalNightmareFuel This is then followed by the distorted version of the Walt Disney Classics logo]].

* In the planning phase of The Rescuers, Orville the albatross was originally a pigeon.

* ''The Rescuers'' usually comes with a mouse-related short, usually a MickeyMouse short, for both theatrical and home releases.

* ''The Rescuers'' usually comes with a mouse-related short, usually a MickeyMouse short, for both theatrical and home releases.
* ''Rescuers'' was made in Fullscreen while ''Down Under'' was made in Widescreen.

* Every home release for ''Rescuers'' from 1999 onward omits the first Buena Vista logo and replaces it for Disney's (by this time outdated) white castle VanityPlate.

* The first video release of ''Down Under'' has no commercials in either the beginning or the end of the tape.

** Avid Disney fans will likely notice that Krebbs the Koala has the same voice as the Sultan in ''[[{{Disney/Aladdin}} Aladdin]]''.

** Basically, [[TheLibrarian Judson]] is Bernard's voice, UncleBuck is Wilbur's, and [[{{Patton}} General George S. Patton]] is [=McLeach=].